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A mother holding her daughters hand with bright red fabric in the background.

As Russia’s Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes

A mother holding her daughters hand with bright red fabric in the background.

HRC in the News —

Associated Press: As Russia’s Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes, interviewing HRC’s Lindsay Freeman on the crimes of Russia’s Africa Corps and Wagner Group against civilians in Mali. 

Left: A mother holds the clenched hand of her daughter, who has not unclenched it in the eight months since fleeing mercenaries in Mali and finding refuge in Douankara, Mauritania, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Photo credit: Caitlin Kelly, for AP.